On Oct. 10 I received in the mail an advertisement for District 64 state Rep. Dennis Riddell that was paid for by Partners for Educational Freedom in North Carolina. It made statements that would lead you to believe that Mr. Riddell helped increase spending for traditional public schools. He did not get help for Alamance County traditional public schools funding and in fact we were cut more than $1,200,000 by the state. He may claim that he didn’t pay for the mailing so he does not have to vouch for its accuracy, but he stills wants us to believe it.

If people want to choose private schools or to home school their child because they think it is better, that is fine, but pay for it yourselves. Don’t divert funds from traditional public schools to do it and then say they are not working.

Mr. Riddell, you are our elected representative. You were elected to fix our public schools, not to undercut them.